The Time of Catastrophe - Couverture souple

Dole, Christopher; Hayashi, Robert; Poe, Andrew; Sarat, Austin

 
9781138384064: The Time of Catastrophe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1138384062 ISBN 13 : 9781138384064
Editeur : Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

If catastrophes are, by definition, exceptional events of such magnitude that worlds and lives are dramatically overturned, the question of timing would pose a seemingly straightforward, if not redundant question. The Time of Catastrophe demonstrates the analytic productiveness of this question, arguing that there is much to be gained by interrogating the temporal conceits of conventional understandings of catastrophe and the catastrophic. Bringing together a distinguished, interdisciplinary group of scholars, the book develops a critical language for examining 'catastrophic time', recognizing the central importance of, and offering a set of frameworks for, examining the alluring and elusive qualities of catastrophe. Framed around the ideas of Agamben, Kant and Benjamin, and drawing on philosophy, history, law, political science, anthropology and the arts, this volume seeks to demonstrate how the question of 'catastrophic time' is in fact a question about something much more than the frequency of disasters in our so-called 'Age of Catastrophe'.

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À propos de l?auteur

Christopher Dole is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College, USA. Robert Hayashi is Associate Professor American Studies at Amherst College, USA. Andrew Poe is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College, USA. Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Amherst College, USA. Boris Wolfson is Associate Professor of Russian at Amherst College, USA.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138384062
ISBN 13 
9781138384064
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1472468368 ISBN 13 :  9781472468369
Editeur : Routledge, 2015
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